Compaq Evo D510 Desktop Management Guide, Compaq Evo Desktop Family - Page 17

Desktop Management Guide Desktop Management Interface (DMI) The Desktop Management Task Force (DMTF) is an industry body created in 1992 with the goal of standardizing systems manageability. DMTF established the Desktop Management Interface (DMI) framework to standardize access to PC configuration data. Compaq, as a Steering Committee and Technical Committee member of the DMTF, delivers hardware and software instrumentation that supports the DMI standard. For more information on configuring the DMI software, refer to the Intelligent Manageability Guide help file. Wired for Management Intel's Wired for Management initiative is focused on reducing the support and administration cost of Intel architecture-based systems without compromising flexibility and performance. The Wired for Management guidelines provide a baseline set of building blocks that Compaq utilizes in Intelligent Manageability to provide standardized management of desktop inventories, remote system configuration, off-hours maintenance, and next generation power management. But Compaq doesn't stop with these baseline features. Additional capabilities have been incorporated into Intelligent Manageability to provide an extensive solution for managing networked computing environments. Wired for Management technologies include: I Desktop Management Interface (DMI) 2.0 I Remote System Installation I Remote Wakeup and Remote Shutdown I ACPI-Ready Hardware I SMBIOS I Pre-boot Execution (PXE) support I Boot Integrity Services (BIS) Desktop Management Guide 13